Broken leg to shelve Crepeau for Canada
LAFC goalie Maxime Crepeau suffered a broken leg in the collision that knocked him out of the club’s MLS Cup victory over the Philadelphia Union, the team said Sunday, announcing that he underwent successful surgery.
The recovery from surgery will keep Crepeau out of the World Cup this month in Qatar, where he was expected to play for Canada, and will sideline him for the start of the MLS regular season in February.
Crepeau was injured during the second extra-time period Saturday at Banc of California Stadium and was replaced by John McCarthy. McCarthy did not give up a goal in the tiebreaking penalty-kick shootout.
Liverpool, England, earning silvers on floor and vault. She also won a team gold medal with the United States. Brody Malone won the first world championship on the high bar by a U.S. men’s gymnast in 43 years when he edged Daiki Hashimoto of Japan.
Unseeded Holger Rune, 19, of Denmark rallied to upset Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Paris Masters final. ... Aryna Sabalenka ended top-ranked Iga Swiatek’s 15match winning streak against top-10 opponents, winning 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 for a spot in the title match of the WTA Finals in Fort Worth. Sabalenka will face Caroline Garcia, who beat Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2.
Georgia tightened its hold on No. 1 in the Associated Press college football poll. Oregon was No. 6, while USC was No. 8 and UCLA No. 9 . ... South Florida football coach Jeff Scott was fired . ... Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier was suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe.
Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi won their New York City Marathon debuts. Chebet took the men’s race in 2 hours 8 minutes 41 seconds and Lokedi the women’s race in 2:23.23 . ... Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk was suspended two games by the NHL for high-sticking Kings goalie Jonathan Quick in Saturday night’s game . ... Peter McNab ,a longtime NHL forward who became a familiar voice of the Colorado Avalanche as a broadcaster, died at age 70. ... The Boston Bruins rescinded their contract offer to prospect Mitchell Miller, who had his draft rights relinquished by Arizona for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school . ... Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (strained right adductor muscle) will miss at least two weeks . ... The U.S. men beat Puerto Rico in the title game of the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup basketball tournament in Miami . ... The U.S. and Portugal have the inside running on qualifying for the Rugby World Cup after bonus-point wins in the last qualifying tournament.